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SCIE provides innovative consultancy, expert training, extensive resources and information and evidence-based insights to support best practice, shape policy and raise awareness of the importance of social care💙.
📷Watch our new film or visit our website to learn more: www.scie.org.uk
📷Watch our new film or visit our website to learn more: www.scie.org.uk
Tomorrow we launch our new report, ‘Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care.’
Our intention is for the report to prompt further debate and to inform the work of the Casey Commission.
Read our blog series to find out more👉🏼 www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
Our intention is for the report to prompt further debate and to inform the work of the Casey Commission.
Read our blog series to find out more👉🏼 www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Tomorrow we launch our new report, ‘Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care.’
Our intention is for the report to prompt further debate and to inform the work of the Casey Commission.
Read our blog series to find out more👉🏼 www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
Our intention is for the report to prompt further debate and to inform the work of the Casey Commission.
Read our blog series to find out more👉🏼 www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
In October and November, SCIE and The Access Group brought the sector together to build a practical framework for national standards.
Next week, we’ll be sharing this framework in our new report, ‘Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care’.
Next week, we’ll be sharing this framework in our new report, ‘Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care’.
January 23, 2026 at 3:25 PM
In October and November, SCIE and The Access Group brought the sector together to build a practical framework for national standards.
Next week, we’ll be sharing this framework in our new report, ‘Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care’.
Next week, we’ll be sharing this framework in our new report, ‘Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care’.
“Even in difficult conditions, it is possible to hold on to what matters most.”
In this blog, Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on his recent visit to Greenlands View, a residential service in Birmingham.
In this blog, Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on his recent visit to Greenlands View, a residential service in Birmingham.
Listening to learn: what a residential service visit reminded me about personalisation, power and possibility - SCIE
A thought-piece by Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, exploring what good care and support really looks like.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
“Even in difficult conditions, it is possible to hold on to what matters most.”
In this blog, Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on his recent visit to Greenlands View, a residential service in Birmingham.
In this blog, Gerard Crofton-Martin, Director of Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on his recent visit to Greenlands View, a residential service in Birmingham.
Just before Christmas, DHSC and DfE announced new support measures for care leavers.
In this blog, Eleanor Haworth, Head of Children’s Services Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on what the positive impact of these changes could be.
In this blog, Eleanor Haworth, Head of Children’s Services Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on what the positive impact of these changes could be.
Change for care-experienced young people - SCIE
New government entitlements could transform outcomes for care-experienced young people if implemented with accountability and co-production.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Just before Christmas, DHSC and DfE announced new support measures for care leavers.
In this blog, Eleanor Haworth, Head of Children’s Services Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on what the positive impact of these changes could be.
In this blog, Eleanor Haworth, Head of Children’s Services Transformation and Improvement at SCIE, reflects on what the positive impact of these changes could be.
SCIE is offering a specialist deafblind assessor training course in partnership with Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK (Hi-VisUK).
The course will take place in person in London on 21 and 22 January. Register before 19 January to secure your place👉🏼.
The course will take place in person in London on 21 and 22 January. Register before 19 January to secure your place👉🏼.
Specialist deafblind assessor training course - SCIE
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January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
SCIE is offering a specialist deafblind assessor training course in partnership with Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK (Hi-VisUK).
The course will take place in person in London on 21 and 22 January. Register before 19 January to secure your place👉🏼.
The course will take place in person in London on 21 and 22 January. Register before 19 January to secure your place👉🏼.
At SCIE, we use our research, evidence and policy insights to drive improvements and innovation in social care📈.
📝This briefing summarises the key findings from our recent analysis of the Care Quality Commission assessment reports for 76 local authorities👉🏼 scie.info/CQCInsights
📝This briefing summarises the key findings from our recent analysis of the Care Quality Commission assessment reports for 76 local authorities👉🏼 scie.info/CQCInsights
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
At SCIE, we use our research, evidence and policy insights to drive improvements and innovation in social care📈.
📝This briefing summarises the key findings from our recent analysis of the Care Quality Commission assessment reports for 76 local authorities👉🏼 scie.info/CQCInsights
📝This briefing summarises the key findings from our recent analysis of the Care Quality Commission assessment reports for 76 local authorities👉🏼 scie.info/CQCInsights
Co-production underpins everything that we do at SCIE.
Our new report, titled ‘Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care’, examines how co-production is shaping social care services.
👉🏼Read the report in full on our website.
Our new report, titled ‘Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care’, examines how co-production is shaping social care services.
👉🏼Read the report in full on our website.
Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care - SCIE
Co-producing innovation in social care: insights, challenges and recommendations for meaningful, people-led change and improvement.
www.scie.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Co-production underpins everything that we do at SCIE.
Our new report, titled ‘Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care’, examines how co-production is shaping social care services.
👉🏼Read the report in full on our website.
Our new report, titled ‘Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care’, examines how co-production is shaping social care services.
👉🏼Read the report in full on our website.
This April, Kim Wilkes will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for SCIE 🏃♀️
Running the London Marathon is no small feat, and we’re incredibly grateful to Kim for supporting our mission 💙
If you’d like to support Kim’s marathon journey, you can donate via her GoFundMe page here.
Running the London Marathon is no small feat, and we’re incredibly grateful to Kim for supporting our mission 💙
If you’d like to support Kim’s marathon journey, you can donate via her GoFundMe page here.
Kim's fundraiser for Social Care Institute for Excellence
Help Kim Wilkes raise money to support Social Care Institute for Excellence
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January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This April, Kim Wilkes will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for SCIE 🏃♀️
Running the London Marathon is no small feat, and we’re incredibly grateful to Kim for supporting our mission 💙
If you’d like to support Kim’s marathon journey, you can donate via her GoFundMe page here.
Running the London Marathon is no small feat, and we’re incredibly grateful to Kim for supporting our mission 💙
If you’d like to support Kim’s marathon journey, you can donate via her GoFundMe page here.
Happy Festive Season from everyone at SCIE, and thank you for all you do to help improve social care!
We look forward to continuing our vital work with the sector in 2026.
We look forward to continuing our vital work with the sector in 2026.
December 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Happy Festive Season from everyone at SCIE, and thank you for all you do to help improve social care!
We look forward to continuing our vital work with the sector in 2026.
We look forward to continuing our vital work with the sector in 2026.
Local authority staff have a responsibility to assess older people who are deafblind as part of the Care Act 2014.
SCIE is offering a specialist deafblind assessor training course in partnership with Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK (Hi-VisUK).
Find out more on our website.
SCIE is offering a specialist deafblind assessor training course in partnership with Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK (Hi-VisUK).
Find out more on our website.
Specialist deafblind assessor training course - SCIE
www.scie.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Local authority staff have a responsibility to assess older people who are deafblind as part of the Care Act 2014.
SCIE is offering a specialist deafblind assessor training course in partnership with Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK (Hi-VisUK).
Find out more on our website.
SCIE is offering a specialist deafblind assessor training course in partnership with Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Support UK (Hi-VisUK).
Find out more on our website.
📅SCIE will be running an advisory group for frontline workers and people with lived experience on 15 January 2026, 14:30-16:00. The purpose of this advisory group is to ensure our work around the Mental Health Act 2025 is credible, co-produced, and delivers practical, evidence-informed support📅
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December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📅SCIE will be running an advisory group for frontline workers and people with lived experience on 15 January 2026, 14:30-16:00. The purpose of this advisory group is to ensure our work around the Mental Health Act 2025 is credible, co-produced, and delivers practical, evidence-informed support📅
SCIE has undertaken an analysis of the Care Quality Commission assessment reports for 76 local authorities, published up to mid-October 2025. These assessments examine how councils are meeting their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.
Find it here: www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...
Find it here: www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
SCIE has undertaken an analysis of the Care Quality Commission assessment reports for 76 local authorities, published up to mid-October 2025. These assessments examine how councils are meeting their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.
Find it here: www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...
Find it here: www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...
SCIE’s mission is to support best practice, shape policy, and raise awareness of the importance of social care 💙
Find out more on our website: www.scie.org.uk/training/?fb...
Find out more on our website: www.scie.org.uk/training/?fb...
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
SCIE’s mission is to support best practice, shape policy, and raise awareness of the importance of social care 💙
Find out more on our website: www.scie.org.uk/training/?fb...
Find out more on our website: www.scie.org.uk/training/?fb...
Digital transformation can make a real difference in social care.
Learn more about SCIE's work with the London Borough of Bromley here:
socialcare.today/2025/11/26/f...
Learn more about SCIE's work with the London Borough of Bromley here:
socialcare.today/2025/11/26/f...
Feature: Bromley shows how digital change improves social care
Digital transformation is essential in adult social care. Bromley, working with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), shows how co-produced digital innovation can deliver lasting change for...
socialcare.today
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Digital transformation can make a real difference in social care.
Learn more about SCIE's work with the London Borough of Bromley here:
socialcare.today/2025/11/26/f...
Learn more about SCIE's work with the London Borough of Bromley here:
socialcare.today/2025/11/26/f...
Are you caught up on our blog series on national standards of care?
We brought the sector together to develop a framework for what national standards of care, which will underpin this government's National Care Service, should look and feel like.
Check them out: www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
We brought the sector together to develop a framework for what national standards of care, which will underpin this government's National Care Service, should look and feel like.
Check them out: www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Are you caught up on our blog series on national standards of care?
We brought the sector together to develop a framework for what national standards of care, which will underpin this government's National Care Service, should look and feel like.
Check them out: www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
We brought the sector together to develop a framework for what national standards of care, which will underpin this government's National Care Service, should look and feel like.
Check them out: www.scie.org.uk/blog-archive/
Social Care Future’s new report, ‘Growing a brighter future together: Suggestions to the Casey Commission on the future of adult social care’, brings together the ideas, priorities and lived expertise of more than 200 people who draw on social care, their families and allies.
Find out more here.
Find out more here.
Suggestion time! - Social Care Future
#SocialCareFuture's gathering in September 2025 brought together over 200 people who draw on social care and allies to draw up suggestions to share with the Casey Commission on the future of adult soc...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Social Care Future’s new report, ‘Growing a brighter future together: Suggestions to the Casey Commission on the future of adult social care’, brings together the ideas, priorities and lived expertise of more than 200 people who draw on social care, their families and allies.
Find out more here.
Find out more here.
Over the last three months, SCIE and The Access Group have brought people together to explore the definition and design of national standards of care.
Our final roundtable pulled all of the conversations together. Learn more in this thought piece by George Appleton, SCIE's Head of External Affairs.
Our final roundtable pulled all of the conversations together. Learn more in this thought piece by George Appleton, SCIE's Head of External Affairs.
Who owns standards of care—and how do we make them work? - SCIE
A thought-piece by George Appleton, Head of External Affairs at SCIE, who says if national standards are to deliver consistency, equity and quality across the country, then they must be grounded in wh...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Over the last three months, SCIE and The Access Group have brought people together to explore the definition and design of national standards of care.
Our final roundtable pulled all of the conversations together. Learn more in this thought piece by George Appleton, SCIE's Head of External Affairs.
Our final roundtable pulled all of the conversations together. Learn more in this thought piece by George Appleton, SCIE's Head of External Affairs.
Since the formal conclusion of SCIE’s main ARF support to local authorities, a small number have continued to receive targeted guidance in a ‘scaling innovation’ project.
💡Learn more about this work in this blog by Lauren Westerman, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE.
💡Learn more about this work in this blog by Lauren Westerman, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE.
The Accelerating Reform Fund: what’s next? - SCIE
The Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF) was an initiative designed to boost the quality and accessibility of adult social care. Its aim was to support innova...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Since the formal conclusion of SCIE’s main ARF support to local authorities, a small number have continued to receive targeted guidance in a ‘scaling innovation’ project.
💡Learn more about this work in this blog by Lauren Westerman, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE.
💡Learn more about this work in this blog by Lauren Westerman, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE.
Today, 5 December 2025, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has responded to the announcement made by the Department of Health and Social Care that 80% of CQC-registered care providers now use digital social care record (DSRC) solutions.
SCIE responds to 80% of care providers adopting digital social care records- SCIE
Today, 5 December 2025, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has responded to the announcement made by the Department of Health and Social Care that 80% of CQC-registered care providers now...
www.scie.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today, 5 December 2025, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has responded to the announcement made by the Department of Health and Social Care that 80% of CQC-registered care providers now use digital social care record (DSRC) solutions.
At NCASC 2025 last week, SCIE highlighted the critical role co-produced digital innovation must play in the future of social care reform.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Reflecting on NCASC 2025: the need for co-produced digital innovation- SCIE
At the National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) 2025 last week, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) highlighted the critical role co-produced digital innovation must play in...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
At NCASC 2025 last week, SCIE highlighted the critical role co-produced digital innovation must play in the future of social care reform.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
SCIE will be running two advisory groups to ensure our work around the Mental Health Bill is credible, co-produced, and delivers practical, evidence-informed support.
If you are interested in getting involved, please complete this form.
If you are interested in getting involved, please complete this form.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
SCIE will be running two advisory groups to ensure our work around the Mental Health Bill is credible, co-produced, and delivers practical, evidence-informed support.
If you are interested in getting involved, please complete this form.
If you are interested in getting involved, please complete this form.
In this thought piece, Ian McCreath, Think Local, Act Personal (TLAP) Director, discusses the key insights and takeaways from the third roundtable in our four-part series with The Access Group on national care standards.
Integration must start with people’s lives - SCIE
A thought-piece by Ian McCreath, TLAP Director, who says integration is not a system problem; it is a human one.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In this thought piece, Ian McCreath, Think Local, Act Personal (TLAP) Director, discusses the key insights and takeaways from the third roundtable in our four-part series with The Access Group on national care standards.
As social care leaders face significant cost pressures, digital innovation offers huge potential.
For example, SCIE’s work with Bromley Council targets £2 million savings, with the use of Assistive Technology already reducing care costs by nearly 30%.
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For example, SCIE’s work with Bromley Council targets £2 million savings, with the use of Assistive Technology already reducing care costs by nearly 30%.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As social care leaders face significant cost pressures, digital innovation offers huge potential.
For example, SCIE’s work with Bromley Council targets £2 million savings, with the use of Assistive Technology already reducing care costs by nearly 30%.
www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...
For example, SCIE’s work with Bromley Council targets £2 million savings, with the use of Assistive Technology already reducing care costs by nearly 30%.
www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...
That’s a wrap on #NCASC25 💙
A huge thank you to everyone who visited us at Exhibition Stand C30, joined our sessions, attended our networking events and shared their experiences across the conference.
A huge thank you to everyone who visited us at Exhibition Stand C30, joined our sessions, attended our networking events and shared their experiences across the conference.
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
That’s a wrap on #NCASC25 💙
A huge thank you to everyone who visited us at Exhibition Stand C30, joined our sessions, attended our networking events and shared their experiences across the conference.
A huge thank you to everyone who visited us at Exhibition Stand C30, joined our sessions, attended our networking events and shared their experiences across the conference.
Earlier this week, SCIE hosted its final roundtable building a shared vision of how national standards of care can deliver consistency, equity and quality across the country.
The roundtable explored how national care standards can be implemented, evaluated, and continuously improved over time.
The roundtable explored how national care standards can be implemented, evaluated, and continuously improved over time.
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Earlier this week, SCIE hosted its final roundtable building a shared vision of how national standards of care can deliver consistency, equity and quality across the country.
The roundtable explored how national care standards can be implemented, evaluated, and continuously improved over time.
The roundtable explored how national care standards can be implemented, evaluated, and continuously improved over time.